DESPITE being named the most dismal town in Scotland after picking up this year’s Plook on a Plinth award, find out why Aberdeen is great with these 10 amazing facts.

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ABERDEEN is the energy capital of Europe and one of Scotland's greatest cities.

In 2012, Mercer named Aberdeen the 56th most liveable city in the World, as well as the fourth most liveable city in Britain.

However, the city has been given a bit of a negative reputation in more recent times.

Earlier this month, we told you that Aberdeen was named the most dismal town in Scotland after picking up this year’s Plook on a Plinth award.

Organisers said the city had fallen victim to “a litany of embarrassing missteps from the Union Terrace Gardens fiasco to the failed bid for 2017 City of Culture to today’s fracas over Marischal Square”.

However, here at Scotland Now, we disagree with the award as we see Aberdeen as a beautiful city, bustling with culture and interesting facts.

It is affectionately known as the Granite City or the Silver City because many buildings were made from local granite that has streaks of shimmering mica in it.